MARIJUANA DISPENSARY MUCH NEEDED AND REVENUE-GENERATING FOR THE CITY

Dear Editor,

I am writing in response to the letter written by Dr. Maureen D.
Miner. She may be a licensed physician for pain management but has she
studied marijuana?

I do not feel that she has done enough research in this matter. I
wonder if her patients are being completely honest with her.

In the past 20 years, there has been so much development and
understanding of the wonderful benefits that it provides. I know many
patients who rely on the pain relief it provides.

There is proven evidence that it works! I and so many others would not
use it if it didn't.

It seems that she is more concerned about losing her practice than
patient comfort.

I have never heard of some one losing their business because a
dispensary opened up. A doctor that feels it's ok to prescribe
narcotics such as morphine, vicodin, and percoset, etc. which store in
the liver and could cause liver failure and many other issues, but
that's ok in her book?

Prescription drugs are abused everyday.

I am a patient and have been using medical marijuana for years now and
I it gives me relief from my chronic pain. It's time for people to
grow up on this issue - it feels like we're still in the '60s.

As a patient I want to be able to get my medicine legally. If it was
not for the dispensary I would have to get it off the streets which is
not hard to do. Do people realize you can get almost any drug you want
off the streets in Gilroy, yes Gilroy! A dispensary would help cut
down on the illegal sales on marijuana and would bring revenue to the
city.

Greg Wendlandt, Gilroy